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In house counsel is going to be more directly relevant to pursuing a BigLaw career. If you know you want to do BigLaw now, why even bother with the DA's office? Let someone who might actually want to work in criminal law in the future have that spot.

vanwinkle wrote:In house counsel is going to be more directly relevant to pursuing a BigLaw career. If you know you want to do BigLaw now, why even bother with the DA's office? Let someone who might actually want to work in criminal law in the future have that spot.

Good point, but I guess I don't really know for sure, still a 1L without any experience. Also, its largely a matter of convenience, the DA job logistically would be significantly easier.

Anonymous User wrote:thanks, sounds like its not a significant difference between the two, right?

So if working for the DA would be much more convenient for logistical reasons, should I still consider it?

The difference between the two is huge--their totally different experiences.If you're asking whether there's a difference in "prestige"--again, it totally depends on what you want to do, and I think if you wanted to be a trial lawyer you would already know it.

Anonymous User wrote:thanks, sounds like its not a significant difference between the two, right?

So if working for the DA would be much more convenient for logistical reasons, should I still consider it?

As mentioned, there is a huge difference between the two in terms of what you will actually be doing. Though, there is virtually zero difference in terms of your future prospects. In fact, if you think you are leaning toward transactional work it might be a good idea to check out crim. and see what it is all about. Figuring out what you want to do is often about finding out what you don't want to do.